Lucid Dreaming

Anyone else here dabble in Lucid Dreaming and other naturally induced states of altered consciousness? I know I saw a post about DMT earlier, but you have to ingest that shit. (Which I’m not above, but obviously that’s not the question here)

Usually I meditate on my breath before sports or weightlifting…
It helps me relax, and usually gets me in the zone to perform better.
As far as sleep paralysis goes, I’ve had it mildly once or twice, and although scary, I was able to fall back asleep both times. .

I’ve read up on paralysis and it said you can see things, hear things, etc. because it happened to me quite often when I was younger. You’re suppose to lay there calmly until it stops, but I didn’t know this, all I knew is I was awake but couldn’t open eyes or move my body. I’d try as hard as I could to move and yell for help, and I would get this insane numbing/tingling sensation all over my body. Then my ears would get this piercing ringing sound and I would wake up shortly after. Anyone I would explain it too just thought I was crazy. They stopped happening for years, and then a few months ago it happened. I knew what was happening and what to do so I calmly laid there. Then I either managed to roll from my side to my back, or I just thought I did. Anyway, right after that a silhouette of a woman with long black hair appeared at the end of my bed. I about shit my pants. Then it appeared as if she was trying to lift me, I got the numbing sensation throughout my body and it felt as if the upper half of my body was being raised, then my whole body. At the same time I felt like my whole was dead weight, obviously the paralysis, and we stopping from being completely lifted. Then whatever was lifting me just kind dropped me. I woke up on my floor. I was just terrified. It hasn’t happened since. Since your in such a deep state of sleep, yet mind is awake, it’s still as if you’re dreaming, but you just have no clue how to interpret it since you know you’re awake. Trippy shit. I’m not the most spiritual person, but I think there may be a spiritual explanation sleep paralysis.

Like straight up, how I (unknowingly) taught myself how to Lucid Dream was to put on my iPod and visualize me performing that song. I put an entire show together, complete with lighting and other effects, for All of the Lights and Cartoons & Cereal. I’m able to imagine myself as Kendrick spitting and my friend Zach as Gunplay. I’m bad at description and storytelling, but the show is sick as fuck. It’s easily one of my favorite dreams to repeat

Another thing I do with this “power” is how I pump myself up for football games. I can create a highlight reel for an upcoming game, complete with plays, and matched to the music I’m listening to. That’s half of the reason I love Flockaveli, and that’s the reason I sleep before every sporting event